Winston-Salem, N.C.-based community college explores financial training program.

Byline: Richard Craver

Dec. 11--Forsyth Technical Community College is considering creating an associate's degree in financial services to better meet the growing job-training needs of local companies.

Officials representing four business programs at the college held a summit yesterday for local financial-services companies to discuss training needs. The seminar included 25 representatives from the banking, credit union, insurance, real-estate, wealth-management and education sectors.

"The request we heard the most was teaching our students how to sell financial-services products, particularly those services that have only recently been offered by …